Letters to the Editor

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear Snt: As a partialpathologist, I wish to disagree with the cause ofdeath implied by Coroner C. A. Dragstedt in the case ofC. Robinson (Perspect. Biol. Med., 5:364, 1962). My interpretation is as follows: cock robicide Who killed Cock Robin? "Not I," said his Wife, "Though I gave him a knife, And showed him the way to use it." Who else might have killed him? Said the Dean, "I've not tried, Though I gave him monoxide, And suggested he takejust a sniff." Then who is responsible? "Not we," said the Chairmen, "Though we gave him enough heroin, To keep him 'hooked' to the end." Could the Editors have done it? "Nay, his death we did shun, Though we gave him the guns And handfuls ofuseful bullets." "Search no further, 'twas I who killed me! Aye, I played with their weapons, And soon death did happen, By gradual suicide." W. King Engel, M.D. 10116 Thomwood Road Kensington, Maryland 151 ...